Went Canoeing for the Day
Words by Bryon Bowers
Bill and Mary Ellen
Floating' in a Little Canoe
Down a Lazy Jersey Stream
Drinking Coors and Seagrams Too
Got me sitting' in the middle
Pretending not to see
Girls On the shore
Tops Toppled off
Fighting with their
Sun Tan lines
[Chorus]
Sand on my Ham and May-O
Swig of Seagrams
Smell of Banana Boat
Feel of the Ocean Air
This Texas Boy's Freezing
Dandy Girls
On the shore
Tops Toppled off
Fighting with their
Sun Tan lines
I was Swimming in the Jersey Ocean
Saw some Girls Floating' by…
Started Paddling' on my boogie board
I was a slowly moving asteroid…
Trying to get into their orbit…
I was awkward and a
little scared...
I said "Howdy, how do you do?"
with my best southern drawl.
They said "We're just dandy"
"Where are you from?"
I said "I'm a Texas Boy freezing my ass off"
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She asked if everyone rode horses
I said Yes, we surely do.
She asked if tumbleweed
Was everywhere
I said as far as the eye can see
She asked if I had a cowboy hat
I said I left it in Texas
She asked if everything was Bigger There
I said "Not when it's this cold"
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At this point I realized
I was colder than I'd ever been
My teeth were attempting to eat my tongue
They had grown a mind of their own
I said "Ladies, it was nice to meet you"
"But I think I need to goes,
cause I can't feel my toes…"
My boogie board was swift and fast
I was hoping my warmth would last
Finally on the shore
That day I swam no more…
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